[Tinymux] Seeking Networking Advice

[Steven Holland]

It is almost certainly your router. Your best bet is either configure new 
players to automatically be flagged KEEPALIVE, or find a router that doesn't 
timeout (if such an animal truly exists, I dunno personally).

On 5/15/05, Amy Kretzer <maus at stjoelive.com> wrote:
> 
>  The problem I have is this:
>  Everyone who connects to the games hosted on my machine has to set 
> themselves keepalive--or otherwise run some kind of timer--in order to avoid 
> their connection being dropped. I don't know if it is a problem with the 
> cable modem, the router, the linux box, or what. I know it is not the 
> MUX--since I have disabled idlechecking, and had it jacked up to something 
> like a year before that. Also, this only happens to people outside the 
> network, and not on the LAN.
>  I am running:
> MUX 2.4.0.14 <http://2.4.0.14> #1 [ALPHA]
> Red Hat Linux version 9 (no firewall, latest kernel, etc.)
> D-Link DI-604 Router (latest firmware, but old machine) (runs a virtual 
> server and firewall that forwards specific ports)
> Com-21 DoxPort 111 Cable Modem
>  What do I need to do to fix this problem? Or do I have to learn to live 
> with it? I cannot replace the cable modem, since it is provided by the cable 
> company. But I would be willing to replace the router as needed--since it 
> does not have any kind of setting to determine a "timeout"
>  Thank you for any help you can offer!
> 
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